Population dynamics across a parapatric range boundary: Ulex gallii and Ulex minor

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 142-155

  Stokes, K E ^a,b,c   Bullock, J M ^b   Watkinson, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Distribution and abundance; Matrix population model; Parapatric range boundary; Population growth rate; Species range limits

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAPATRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ULEX; ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULEX GALLII; ULEX MINOR;

EID: 0942300451     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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